Hi. I am looking to get a Wi-Fi signal to a place with no power outlet. Ideally, I would want the hotspot to work a week at a time before changing/charging the battery.

Any ideas on how this would be possible or a product you recommend?

Thanks.

Hello Techsupporters! Thanks for helping me out! So i use google chrome and ocasionally opera GX on my 2023 [i think] lenovo laptop. Now, randomly my wifi will cut out and it can range from a few seconds to a whole minute, its really random. HOWEVER, i ONLY experience this when i'm using my browser. When i'm playing a game it just doesn't disconect. i know its not a router thing since i live with other people who use laptops and their wifi is perfectly fine. I tried most of the usual fixes, preventing the wifi driver from being turned off in battery saver, flushing DNS and restarting my computer, clearing out saved google data, and its helping but not solving the issue. is there something i'm missing here?

Had issues with Airties 4920, traded in for 4960, this one comes with an app. Self care scan says "Poor Link Quality Detected" with the message "wi-fi link capacity is low for <device>" for all my devices. It says contact my ISP provider, but wondering if anyone here has any quick insight on what I can do to remedy this error. Thanks.

I don't know why, but it's literally walking through the door and just poof, the connection drops instantly.

Of course I can't use internet for calls, videos, fast downloads or online games, and I've been using my laptop in the living room, where the router is, because of that. I tried to buy a WiFi repeater/extender (I don't know how it's called in English) so it could reach my room, but it's even worse because it messes with the connection of other devices when it's turned on and doesn't even work or the upgrade is barely noticeable.

My father refuses to use an ethernet cable because it's too much work. He's telling me to buy one of the things in the picture above, but I'm afraid it will be just as useless as the repeater/extender. None of my parents want me to use the computer in the living room, specially because they're either watching the TV or trying to rest/sleep and they don't want me to be noisy if I'm in call with friends for example.

What should I do?

"Separation of Wi-Fi networks (not recommended)

Note that the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz networks must be separated.

The Wi-Fi performance of your devices (including any Bbox Repeaters) will no longer be optimized. You will need to re-pair your Repeater."

That's the *translated* message that displays on my wifi admin panel in my browser when I am about to separate the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. I'm considering doing this b/c apparently only the 5 GHz bands are available for my devices currently, and there's an HP printer that needs the 2.4 GHz in order to work. . . .

Could somebody please explain what the above message means? The caveats? And what is entailed for me to "re-pair" the "Repeater?" I'm not even sure if that means *fix* or more *re-couple*. . . .

Many thanks in advance!

P.S. The Wifi hardware is a bbox sensation fast5330B. . . . But since this is w/ an ISP in France and all their help guides are of course in French, I'm struggling. Some things are getting lost in the technical web translations, and the best guide I think I located is a scanned PDF which is problematic for most translation apps.

I'm having a problem with SteamOs that wifi disconnects when I'm using 5g, I turn off all the save power management, but its still disconnecting and reconnecting, is really annoying
If I use the 2.4 version is stable.

Does anyone have the same problem? knows how to fix it?

Hello all, I take care of my mom and we are in a new nursing home but with their WiFi you have to accept the T&C in order for it to work. This is causing an issue since the TV has to be reconnected everyday… the camera the facility has a specific WiFi for but the TV goes on the public browser… if I am not there everyday which I do go but after work, so all day she can’t really watch her shows/movies until
I get there, of course the staff can do it but that would be asking too much… I tried hotspot it was a terrible idea lol…

Any suggestions or help on how to bypass this? If we can have it connected forever it will be okay if not guess I’ll have to get the monthly WiFi plan from a cell phone provider… also I will try to call Roku as well, hope I get an actual person, thanks in advance!

Happened for a while after receiving my laptop (2nd Hand). At first i tried connecting it over our home WiFi (GFiber) and it connected but when we open Google Chrome and open Facebook there, it took a while then the WiFi disappears, then comes back again. And it does that again and again. I tried fixing it, updating wireless drivers, all sorts of knick knacks but wala pa din. I use my brothers phone hotspot while connected to the same internet and it works. My phone doesn't have that so i used NetBridge (some games wont allow me to play). It work also on our school WiFi. I've been dealing with this for a while and wanting it to be fixed.

Help is appreciated, Thanks.

Howdy,
Reception in my office is horrid. The company gives us access to general “guest” WiFi but my office is across the street from main hub so the connectivity is incredibly spotty. Looked into Roamfi but saw some reviews that said go through cellular provider for mobile hotspot (have Verizon). I’ve never had this situation before so curious to folks thoughts on best route for WiFi connection. TIA!

ETA: Curious to hear folks thoughts/opinions about portable/private WiFi devices. I’ve never had to look into one I’ve also had stable WiFi connection (first world problems I know) so this is a new inquiry for me.

Recién me instalan un proveedor de wifi en mi ciudad y desde que lo instalaron la señal llega sin inconvenientes a mi laptop pero a los teléfonos no llega la velocidad que corresponde (200mb) y solo sucede en los teléfonos...alguna solución?

Ya llevo 3 visitas técnicas y nada

Hi y'all, I've been dealing with readings like this for like a year now. Insane drops of all the networks my devices can see at seemingly random times. I used the Xfinity Gateway for a while, had it replaced multiple times and thought upgrading to a 3rd party router would help but alas, it has continued.

No rhyme or reason to the drops except sometimes when I line gaming if my character is too close to other people's avatars, though that's not consistent.

I'd appreciate any insight, thank you!

Converting a metal shed into a home office for my wife and I. It’s around 20 ft from the house. In the research I have done it seems like using a TP-Link CPE210 (or something similar) or Mesh Extenders would be the best options. We currently have TMobile 5G and even in other rooms in our small house it can struggle.

Thoughts on which would be the best? Other options that would be better than these? Both of us will be working fully remote and we will use the shed as a family room at times to stream movies/shows.

We just bought and moving into a house with one of these, might be an older version. I'm only used to the regular set up with a modem and a single wifi router. This house has a lot of smart devices, security cameras, etc. so just wanted to get some idea of what I need to do, especially making sure no one else has access other than us.

1. How do I set this up and change the ID and the password? Is there anything else I need to know?

2. Is there a modem or a "central" location to these things?

3. If I don't change the ID/pw, would the previous owner be able to access anything in the house?

If there's anything else I need to be aware of, please let me know. Thank you in advance!!!

My WIFI has been disconnecting for 2+ years, every hour at exactly the same minute. For example this week its at X:31 while last week it was at X:23, it only disconnects devices not connected by ethernet as during the few minutes all devices get disconnected my pc still has access.

I tried seeing if its an issue with the router since its old but the problem has been happening for about 2+ years and no one reported the same thing about my model.

I am unable to access the admin panel of the router/WIFI as it is restricted to the internet provider. Resetting the router completely locks you out and i need to call the provider to bring the WIFI back.

When the minute of the disconnection happens you are completely unable to connect back and need to wait till the minute passes. (disconnection happens at 6:18pm you are only able to connect back when its at least 6:19pm sharp)

Has anyone ever had this problem? Is there a solution to this or should i try changing the provider?

I'm visiting my mother-in-law and she has Spectrum and recently swapped back to Spectrum after a problem with going with another fiber provider. My mom has a mini PC setup and it gets 310 down, but my phone and laptop get 8-10 down. I'm currently working on my laptop by using my phone as a hotspot. Where should I start looking at the disconnect?

So I have a functioning home network but I wanted to move some of the noiser components out to my garden shed and also have Wifi in the shed.

I've run a Cat6a cable out to the shed, and added a netgear switch with PoE+.

Now I'd like to hook up an access point so that I can use Wifi in the shed - ideally it would be powered by PoE so that I can minimise the cable routing.

But looking at all the models most of them seem to require some sort of controller on my network. This has me highly confused - why does an access point need a controller or worse a mobile phone app?

Surely it just needs a password setting and then leaving alone.

What am I missing? And are there any simple models that just give me fast Wifi without all the fuss?

my phone is showing incorrect password to the new network in my home no matter what I do I've tried resetting the network resetting the router and even factory reset nothing seems to work out no other phone has the issue except the honor phone is there a solution or should I change the phone

So quick question I have an Rog ally I got awhile back. It seems to have a wifi connection issue. Now this is the weird thing. I would have it on and idle withe setting to keep wifi on. It acts normal, when playing a game let's take snow runner for example. The wifi shuts off completely. Like the device manage dosent even know theirs a wifi card at all. Ive checked the network reinstalled all of that and even reinstalled windows and nothing. Short from pulling it apart to see if its a hardware issue. Any ideas here on what the issue would be?

Anyone know a solution for the Nintendo Switch 2 wifi connection? Everything else connects to my wifi, my phone, laptop, my original switch. However, when it comes to my Switch 2, it shows a weak connection but absolutely nothing will load unless I leave my room. The original Switch picks the wifi up in my room just fine. My mobile Hotspot seems to work as a work-around but I don't want to rely on it the entire time. Anyone have any clues I would appreciate it!

I used to have 500mb/s download speed and over 50mb/s upload speed but recently I have been struggling to even get 50mb/s download and 20mb/s upload and have tried resetting the router, Is there any way I can fix this or narrow down the problem?

Hi everyone,

I’m running **Fedora 42** on my laptop, and my **WiFi is not working at all**. After some investigation, I found that my network controller is:

Network controller \[0280\]: MEDIATEK Corp. Device \[14c3:7902\]
Subsystem: AzureWave Device \[1a3b:5520\]

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

1. Installed `linux-firmware` package → already present.
2. Checked for driver: `mt7921e` exists, but `lspci -nnk` shows **no “Kernel driver in use”**.
3. Copied MT7922 firmware from the upstream linux-firmware repo → still doesn’t bind.
4. Reloaded driver with `modprobe` → no change.
5. Verified kernel version → `6.16.7-200.fc42.x86_64` (should support MT7921/MT7922).

It seems like the driver does **not recognize my PCI ID (**`1a3b:5520`**)**, so the module never binds to the card.

I’d really appreciate help from anyone who:

* Has successfully gotten **MediaTek MT7902** working on Fedora 42 (or other recent Fedora versions) * Can suggest a **working driver / workaround / patch** * Knows if compiling a newer mt76 driver can fix the AzureWave MT7902 PCI ID issue

Any guidance would be amazing! Thanks in advance 🙏

**Laptop Info:**

* Model: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Vivobook_ASUSLaptop X1504ZA_X1504ZA * Kernel: 6.16.7-200.fc42.x86_64 * Network card: MediaTek MT7902 (AzureWave 1a3b:5520)

**Looking for r/homenetworking diagnostic advice:**

I wrote last week that my WiFi system went completely down while I was away from home. It started gradually (before I left) when the MyQ (garage door) app didn’t respond a couple times, then it was light timers that were glitchy.

A few days later when I accessed my various apps remotely, it was very spotty, then all were completely out.

A friend went into the house and re-booted the modem (Netgear CM1100) and the Google mesh system. No change. Sparklight checked my modem and said it looked like the signal was noisy (or something like that.)

A day later, everything went back to fully operational.

So what happened? Did a device get hacked and leave some malware? (All my devices are on the WiFi guest network.)

What should I do to check out the current health and security of my home network?

I am trying to connect my phone to one wifi extender, and I was able to for a couple of weeks, but suddenly it stopped working. Every time I try to connect, my phone immediately disconnects. I have tried forgetting it and reconnecting, and I have tried restarting my phone. One time this happened, I modified it to have device Mac instead of randomized Mac and that fixed it for a time, but it stopped working, and that solution doesn't work anymore. I don't own the extender or router, as it is from my job so I don't know much there sorry but if there is anything anyone can do to help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

My parents put some controls on the router with an app called tether. the time is limited and it cuts of at eleven, I’m able to get around the time limit with a vpn but I haven’t been able to find a way to get past the shutoff is there any way I could do this without directly messing with the router and risk them noticing.